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Fishing the Sunshine Coast |
| SPECIES |
BEST TIMES |
RECOMMENDED BAIT/LURE |
TACKLE WORLD TIP |
| WHITING |
End of October to end Feb. |
Live Yabbies and live or cured Worms, best lures clear poppers like the Cultiva GoBo Popper colour #50. |
Keep your rod and tackle as light as possible 6 to 8lb, rig baits as natural as possible, when working lure make small splashing action with a constant retrieve unlike a bloopimg action for Trevally, if strike misses do not stop but keep constant retrieve. |
| BREAM |
All year round with Winter the best for numbers and size. |
Live Yabbies and fresh if possible strip baits, lures like the Cultiva Mirror Shad and the Strada Aife |
Like Whiting keep gear light, and present bait as natural as possible, resist to strike to quickly, let fish take it, with lures a steady retrieve with the odd small twitch. |
| FLATHEAD |
End or August to end of November. |
Live Whiting and flesh baits, best lures soft plastics like Squidgy Wrigglers or Fish or most plastics with a tail action. |
Work or drift baits and lures with the current making sure you keep contact with the bottom, the last part of the run out the best. |
| MACKEREL |
December to May |
Pilchards and live Slimy Mackerel, high speed trolling lures like Lively Lure Mack Baits and slow trolled deep divers from the Strada range are lures of choice. |
When using baits keep speed as slow as possible 2 to 3 knots, run more than just one colour lure and vary the depths to find what is best for the day, if you find bait schools work that area. |
| SNAPPER |
Winter months |
Live bait such as Slimy Mackerel, dead baits like pilchards and squid, a large range of soft plastic lures such as Berkley 6" Jerk Baits and metal lures like Shimano Lucanus Jigs. |
There are few different rigs but burlying up and using a small wait to drift your bait down the burly trail works best, using lures in a more subtle fashion tends to work best. |
We are fortunate to have a large variety of fish to target on our lovely Sunshine coast and these are just a few, so when in town next call in and ask what's on offer our experienced staff will only be to happy to help you out.
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